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[–] [email protected] -3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

We already met it.

It said that Taiwan was a part of One China, and it even used the phrase "we" when discussing it, as it agreed with the CCP policy.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

I asked it which island is north of the Philippines, and it said this:

The island located directly north of the Philippines is Taiwan (officially the Republic of China). Taiwan is situated in the Luzon Strait, which separates it from the northernmost part of the Philippines, specifically the Batanes Islands. Taiwan is an island nation with its own government, though its political status is a subject of international dispute.

However, I also asked it about world events in 1989, and it started answering the Berlin Wall, then when it got to Tianenmen Square the whole response disappeared and it said "Sorry, that's beyond my current scope. Let’s talk about something else."

Here, try it yourself: https://chat.deepseek.com/

Edit: it's happy to talk about the great famine and the genocide of Uyghurs though, and even other student protests. Only Tianenmen Square is censored.

Another edit: but if you ask in Spanish it'll tell you all about it. Ask it to answer in Mandarin Chinese and it won't even try to answer, it'll go right to the "beyond my current scope" message (in English).

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago (2 children)

it’ll go right to the “beyond my current scope” message (in English)

Much like Gemini does whenever you ask it anything about US politics

[–] [email protected] -3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Is that due to government censorship, or Google not wanting to potentially feed misinformation?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago

Exact same question can be asked about SeepSeek.